Brokennock
Cannon
Reading some recent posts and thinking back to many old ones, here and on other muzzleloader forums, got me to thinking, ouch. A very common, and true, response to inquiries regarding suggested loads for a given barrel, caliber, firearm model, etc. is for most load recommendations to come with caveats that each gun, even between the same maker and model, is different and may/will like different loads.
So? I ask, is it the barrel or the gun that creates these differences in preference between multiple arms that would seemingly be the same? If one were to work up the pinnacle of the perfect load combination for a given muzzleloader and then decide the stock's length of pull really is too long, or short, or the need were to arise to switch from shooting right handed to left handed, and so that barrel/sight combo and maybe the lock, were restocked, would the same ideal load still be the ideal load?
So? I ask, is it the barrel or the gun that creates these differences in preference between multiple arms that would seemingly be the same? If one were to work up the pinnacle of the perfect load combination for a given muzzleloader and then decide the stock's length of pull really is too long, or short, or the need were to arise to switch from shooting right handed to left handed, and so that barrel/sight combo and maybe the lock, were restocked, would the same ideal load still be the ideal load?